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dithionite
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thumb|right|200px|The unusual structure of the dithionite anion. It has a remarkably long sulfur-sulfur bond.
Chemical data
- Formula
- O4S2-2
- Molecular weight
- 128.13 g/mol
- SMILES
- [O-]S(=O)S(=O)[O-]
- InChIKey
- GRWZHXKQBITJKP-UHFFFAOYSA-L
- XLogP
- -2
- Polar surface area
- 119 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 6
- Formal charge
- -2
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Research
3,093 papers- A Limitation of Using Dithionite Quenching to Determine the Topology of Membrane-inserted Proteins.The Journal of membrane biology · 2022
- Fast detection of sodium dithionite in sugar using a xanthylium-based fluorescent probe.Food chemistry · 2024
- Dithionite promoted microbial dechlorination of hexachlorobenzene while goethite further accelerated abiotic degradation by sulfidation in paddy soil.Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · 2023
- The Nonphysiological Reductant Sodium Dithionite and [FeFe] Hydrogenase: Influence on the Enzyme Mechanism.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2021
- Accelerate sulfamethoxazole degradation and detoxification by persulfate mediated with Fe(2+)&dithionite: Experiments and DFT calculation.Journal of hazardous materials · 2022
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 127.924
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- Commons category
- Dithionite ion
- chemical formula
- O₄S₂²⁻
- canonical SMILES
- [O-]S(=O)S(=O)[O-]
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Production and reactions
- Use and occurrence
- Chemical analyses
- Harmful properties
- References
- Further reading
thumb|right|200px|The unusual structure of the dithionite anion. It has a remarkably long sulfur-sulfur bond.
thumb|right|200px|A ball-and-stick model of the dithionite ion.
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